READ-ME
AUTHOR: Mahesh Karra
DATE: January 24, 2024

INTRODUCTION
This replication package reproduces the results for the paper entitled "Adjusting Injectable Contraceptive Use for Months Since the Last Injection," which is published in Studies in Family Planning (SFP) at 

This package contains one Stata Do-File (.do) that replicate the tables and figures in the main paper and one Stata Data File (.dta).

FILE AND FOLDER SET-UP:
1. Save all files (data sets, do files) in the same folder named DATA. 
2. Create a subfolder named RESULTS in the folder where these files are saved.

To run the do file, open the .do file in Stata, change the filepath for maindir1 to the directory where the data files are saved (line 11 in the do-files) and the filepath for maindir2
to the directory where the results will be saved (line 12 in the do-files). Execute the do-file in Stata by clicking on Run. The outputs of each file will be stored in the "Results" folder.

DO-FILES
	1. DO_FILE_9-19-23:
		This .do file replicates all tables and figures in the paper. There are 3 outputs from this do-file:
		a. TABLE 1, which is split into two parts. KEY_Descriptive_Use.rtf produces an RTF Word document with descriptive statistics on current method use and injectable adjusted use. KEY_Descriptive_Duration.rtf produces an RTF Word document with descriptive  statistics on months since the last injectable, duration of continued use, etc.
		b. FIGURE 1, which is a histogram of the duration that injectable users report having used the injectable (Duration_Inj_Mths.eps).
		c. FIGURE 2, which is a histogram of the time since the last injectable in months (Date_Last_Inj.eps).

		Expected run time: 10 seconds

QUESTIONS?
Please direct any questions regarding this replication package to the corresponding author. 

Correspoding Author:
Mahesh Karra
Pardee School of Global Studies
Boston University
mvkarra@bu.edu